an act of flinching:‘Don’t call me that,’ he said with a flinch
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make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as an instinctive reaction to fear or pain:she flinched at the acidity in his voicehe had faced death without flinching
(flinch from) avoid doing or becoming involved in (something) through fear or anxiety:I rarely flinch from a fight when I’m sure of myself